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Donkees

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Wed Jan 4, 2017, 08:01 AM Jan 2017

Jan 4 at Noon - A People's Agenda Rally at the Vermont Statehouse

What are you doing on the first day of the 2017 legislative session?

Join us to start off the New Year by pushing for a People's Agenda on the first day of the Vermont Legislature!

Noon - Rally & Press Conference on Statehouse Steps
2:00-3:30 - Public Forum @ Christ Episcopal Church (64 State St)

Our People's Agenda is about you, your neighborhood and our Vermont community. It's about protecting and expand workers rights and unions, and raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour and establishing statewide family & medical leave insurance; it's about protecting our health by protecting our air and water, divesting from fossil fues and banning new fossil fuel infrastructure; it's about investing in the people of Vermont; it's about decarcerating Vermont & ending racial disparities in our criminal justice system; and it's about developing grassroots leadership and running people for office from our communities.

Our People's Agenda is being crafted with you in mind, so join us as we come together to call on our state government to listen to the people and work with us to build toward real rights and a true democracy!

Please RSVP at the website offered below so that we know how many folks to expect. Thanks and see you there!

radvt.org/day_one

Day will include:

At 12:00pm there will be a Press Conference and Rally on State House steps calling for a People’s Agenda. Speakers from grassroots organizations will be inviting elected officials to join a new collective effort to unite to move our state forward. Invited speakers include include: Lt. Governor Elect David Zuckerman, Debbie Ingram, Ebony Nyoni - Black Lives Matter VT, James Ehlers - Lake Champlain International, Sarah Wendell Launderville - Vermont Center for Independent Living, Max Barrows - Green Mountain Self-Advocates, Mari Cordes- Rights & Democracy VT.

At 2:00pm there will be a Public Forum: “Towards A People’s Agenda in Vermont” at Christ Episcopal Church, 64 State St, Montpelier. This will includes special presentation from Paul Cillo of Public Assets Institute on a Framework For Progress. Participants of other organizations include:
Disability Rights Vermont - Ed Paquin, Eb Vernice - Black Lives Matter VT, Mark A. Hughes - Justice For All, Traven Leyshon - Green Mountain Labor Council - AFL-CIO, Green Mountain Self-Advocates, Lake Champlain International, Rights & Democracy VT, Vermont Center for Independent Living, Voices for Vermont's Children, Peace & Justice Center, Ellen Schwartz - Vermont Workers' Center, Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform, Vermont Interfaith Action, Vermont Raise the Wage Coalition, Rainbow Umbrella of Central Vermont, Sierra Club - Vermont Chapter - Robb Kidd

RSVP at radvt.org/day_one


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